If a company isn’t allowed to create, patent and solely own it, then what is the point of patents and copyrights?
Well that comment makes no sense just buy an android device when iOS is more or less becoming android anyway in terms of how the operating system works anyway
This argument about privacy and security is funny in regards to apple because I just wonder how anyone who owns an Apple product manages to purchase or use anything outside the app store if privacy and security is truly that important to them.
And maybe have a taste of why people generally don’t want to switch ecosystem in a whim, and how horrifyingly effective Apple has done to lock users down as hard as they can.
First of all. iOS is also filled with viruses, Trojans and other malware. Scamware in App Store is quite prevalent. They may be much fewer than in android but they aren’t any less deadly. I bet some of those high profile malware could break into all Apple iOS defences and steal anything they want.
I’m not who you replied to, but UTM Virtual Machine with JIT access is my only request these days, the App Store pretty much allows everything else. There’s no reason my iPad M4 can’t run a Windows XP VM at full speed like my Mac Mini M4 can…
No but they have a monopoly on iOS. And while there's "dozens of competing smartphones", there's only 2 realistic choices without being a luddite: iOS and Android.
No? I'm not sure what you mean by that. You still need to play by the rules where you live. In my case, although I can do "anything" to my house since it's mine (up to and including legally killing via to the castle doctrine), in reality I need to mow my lawn or pay someone to mow my lawn, maintain the exterior of my house, enable access for utility people to read meters, and so on and so forth. This is without living in an HOA by the way.
Given how little I make from the app store, it's actually more expensive to get involved with an accountant and try to set myself up as a business. Last time I tried, it would have wound up costing me money, and that was including the tax break I got from buying a computer.
That’s like saying Honda has a monopoly on the accord. People keep repeating there are only two choice and yet here we are.
since you ask, I have a 1990 Ford Taurus and a 2023 Volvo XC60.The feature set, performance, and quality gap is the same as that between your pixel and your iPhone.
Apple has stated (via making it optional) that selling an app does not automatically make you a trader, as well as always stating you "may" be a trader. The way I'm interpreting it, my app - an app for a hobby I enjoy - is not related to my trade, craft, or profession. If I were to submit my account to be part of the Small Business program, or try to claim tax deductions, the EU could claim it's a business and I would be boned. But because I don't - and especially because I give the app away for free on other platforms - I am in the free and clear.
That is not apples or googles issue. I can bank and uber without a smartphone. A smartphone is a convenient form factor.
What about vape apps? Apple will allow an app that describes types of weed but pulled all vape apps. I don’t imbibe weed myself but that’s a pretty good example. I think.
This is the problem. People want Apple to do something. Apple has expressed on every occasion, they do not want to do this. They view these products as distinctly different from each other. They have their own purposes, reasons for existence. They share many things in common, but are fundamentally different to each other. So much so to NOT make the iPhone operate more like macOS. And people still insist it should by buying more iPhones.
macOS is a MUCH smaller segment of the PC industry. It is at least 2 to 3x smaller than the iPhone is globally. The iPhone was NOT built to be an open computing platform as the Mac was and is. They are made differently and for a reason.
How you quantify it is by asking some basic questions. Could you have picked a different platform either to purchase OR develop on? Did the rules change to force you into a closed ecosystem (was it once open then they bait and switched it into a closed system?). There is no rule I am aware of that requires any computing device to be OPEN. As there are plenty of closed computing devices in the world.
Because those were the rules from the start. And both parties agreed to it. And at any time, either party could walk away from the agreement and not support/develop or work together if either so choose to. No one is forced to do anything as either party can walk away.
There are plenty of closed down ecosystems. Some you know and some you don't. They exist and are allowed to exist. So it's not as if this is a new thing. It's just for some a thing they wish didn't exist specifically for iPhones. But, that is what it is. Any there is only one company that makes an iPhone. Just like there is only one company that makes a Ferrari or a Nintendo Switch or mobile phone However you have other brands that make "their" version of a Ferrari like Lamborghini, or Porsche. Nintendo has competitors with PlayStation or Xbox. Apple has competition with Google or Samsung in the same space. So you don't have to pick Apple or Nintendo or Ferrari, and the way THEY do it. You have options. Whether you like or want them is not up to Apple to fix.
Android has more security vulnerabilities than iOS. Mainly due to its more open nature. Which is why the are trying to close it down. Windows is more in use world wide than macOS. So it is a bigger target than macOS. Not that there are no macOS vulnerabilities or malware. There are. Just not as prevalent. If iOS was more open like macOS it would be a BIG target to hack into. But it's a closed ecosystem that has one natural way in (AppStore). So to get malware in via other means is harder (not impossible) to do. While it's simply easier to do on more open systems.
Apple's locked down ecosystem never changed. It's the same as it was. They can't be held responsible for the actions taken by Google to lock down their ecosystem.
Yes, and the price of the fares tend to go up almost every year it seems. We public people have no choice however, and either pay it. OR, use another means of transportation.
Apple never locked anyone into anything. Developers chose to develop for iOS because there are customers that bought the device. The terms was 70/30 split. No complaints, and money was made by everyone. It's been closed from day one with one way into the device via the AppStore.
Agreed. However, with the choices available. If you bought an iPhone and expected it to function like an Android. You made a mistake. Should own it and then move on to a device/platform that better meets your needs. Certainly recommend making the suggestion to Apple about what would improve the product for you. However, don't expect them to do it if they don't see the benefit in doing so.
